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An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
After the painter had been there a long space, by much suit he was removed to Lollards tower: his wife in the mean time of his suit, whiles he was yet at Fulham, being desirous to see her husband, & pressing to come in at the gate, then big with child, the porter lift up his foot,1 and stroke her on the belly, that at length she died of the same, but the child was destroyed immediately.
After the painter had béen there a long space, by much suit he was remoued to Lollards towre: his wife in the meane time of his suit, whiles he was yet at Fulham, béeing desirous to sée her husband, & pressing to come in at the gate, then big with child, the porter lift vp his foote,1 and stroke her on the belly, that at length she died of the same, but the childe was destroyed immediatly.
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After that they were all stocked for a long time, afterward they were let loose in their prisons again. This painter, because he would always be writing on the walls with chalk to their discontentment, was manacled by the wrists, till the flesh of his arms was grown higher than his irons: whereby he could not keame his head, that his hair was folded together. After the death of his wife, by suit of his brethren to the king, he was brought out into the consistory of Pauls, and as his brethren reported, they kept him iij. days without meat, before he came to his answer: so that with imprisonment and hunger, the man grew out of his wits: which when they had procured by cruelty, they sent him again ⟨p. 20⟩to Bersie Abby, but he would not tarry among them, and so continued out of his wits till his dying day. His brother Valentine Freeze and his wife,